^. 


IMAGE  EVALUATION 
TEST  TARGET  (MT-S) 


2^ 


/. 


.-T/ 


.A<^ 


.V^ 


<<?*A^ 


:/ 


&: 

-^ 


41^ 


1.0   lifi^  1^ 


I.I 


1.25 


•»  122 


■  22 

S  lij  ■— 

11°    1120 


K 


-    6" 


m 

U    IIIIII.6 


A 


f 


7 


Photographic 

Sciences 

Corporation 


33  WIST  MAIN  STRKT 

WEBSTER,  NY    14580 

(716)  872-4503 


CIHM/ICMH 

Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHM/ICMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


Canadian  Institute  for  Historical  Microreproductions  /  Institut  Canadian  de  microreproductions  historiques 


Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes/Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiques 


The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best 
original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copy  which  may  b^  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alter  any  of  the  images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  mey  significant^  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


D 


n 


n 


D 


D 


Coloured  covers/ 
Couverture  de  couleur 


I      I    Covers  damaged/ 


Couverture  endommagAe 


Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  restaurAe  et/ou  peliiculie 


I      I    Cover  title  missing/ 


Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 


nn    Coloured  maps/ 


Cartes  ^^ographiques  en  couleur 


□    Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 

I      I    Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 


Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couleur 

Bound  with  other  material/ 
Relit  avec  d'autres  documents 

Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  reliure  serrAe  p«ut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
distortion  le  long  de  la  marge  intArieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  aJoutAes 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  texte, 
mais,  lorsque  cela  Atait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  6t6  filmies. 

Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  supplAmentalres: 


1 
t< 


L'Institut  a  microf  ilm6  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  4t4  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-Atre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite.  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  mtthode  normale  de  filmage 
sont  indiqufo  ci-dessous. 


7 

P 
o 
f 


r~~1   Coloured  pages/ 


D 
D 


Pages  de  couleur 

Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  endommagAes 

Pages  restored  and/oi 

Pages  restaurtes  et/ou  peiiicuites 

Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxe< 
Pages  d6color6es,  tachetAes  ou  piqu6es 

Pages  detached/ 
Pages  ddtachies 

Showthrough/ 
Transparence 

Quality  of  prir 

Quaiite  inAgale  de  I'impression 

Includes  supplementary  materii 
Comprend  du  materiel  supplAmentaire 


I — I  Pages  damaged/ 

I      I  Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 

PTI  Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 

|~n  Pages  detached/ 

I      I  Showthrough/ 

I      I  Quality  of  print  varies/ 

nn  Includes  supplementary  material/ 


T 
si 

Tl 
w 

di 
er 
b4 

rl! 
re 
m 


Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Edition  disponible 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  partiellemerit 
obscurcit  J  par  un  feulllet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc.,  ont  6ti  filmies  A  nouveau  de  fapon  k 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 

Ce  document  est  film*  (>•'  taux  de  r6duction  indiquA  ci-dessous. 


10X 

14X 

1IX 

22X 

26X 

30X 

y 

12X 


16X 


20X 


24X 


28X 


32X 


Th«  copy  filmsd  h«r«  haa  b—n  r«produc«cl  thank* 
to  th«  gonorotity  of: 

Library  Division 

Provincial  ArcMvet  of  British  Columbia 

Tho  imagM  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  bast  quality 
pOMibIa  conaidaring  tba  condition  and  lagibiiity 
of  thn  original  copy  and  in  liaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  apaclficationa. 


Original  copias  in  printad  papar  covars  ara  filmad 
baginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printad  or  illustratad  impras- 
sion.  or  tha  bacic  covar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  copia*  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
firtt  paga  with  a  printad  or  illustratad  impras- 
sion,  and  anding  on  tha  last  paga  with  a  printad 
or  Illustratad  imprassion. 


Tha  last  racordad  frame  on  aach  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — ^  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  tha  symbol  y  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 

Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  mey  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method; 


L'exemplaira  filmA  fut  reproduit  grAca  A  la 
ginArosit*  da: 

Library  Division 

Provincial  Archives  of  British  Columbia 

Las  images  suivantas  ont  At*  reproduites  avac  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compta  tenu  de  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattetA  de  l'exemplaira  filmA,  at  an 
conformitA  avac  las  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmaga. 

Lea  exemplairas  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  ImprlmAe  sont  filmAs  en  commen^ant 
par  la  premier  plat  at  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
darnlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration.  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  las  autres  exemplairas 
originaux  sont  filmAs  en  commen^ant  par  la 
premiAre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  at  en  terminant  par 
la  derniAre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboies  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
derniAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  seion  le 
cas:  le  symbols  — ^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE ',  le 
symbols  V  signifie  'FIN". 

Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  Atre 
filmAs  A  des  taux  de  rAduction  diffArents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  Atre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clichA,  il  est  filmA  A  partir 
de  I'angle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  an  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  nAcessaire.  Les  diagrammas  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


1 

2 

3 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

REGULATIONS 


f  0>  /S.  .*^  uJ^"^  ^^ 


\x 


OOVERNINO  VE88EI.8  EMPLOVEt)  IN 


FUR-SEAL    FISHI]^G 


DUBINO  TUE 


SEA^SOISr   OF   1899. 


GiJ.:E  AS    SFi^SOK  OF   1902.- 


WASHINGTON : 

OOTEKNMENT   PRINTING  OFFICE. 


54 


'j* 


d^n^/i:^..^^^^       /^^^^^W^VC       /^TtL. 


Treasury  Department, 
Office  of  the  Secretary, 

Washiriffton,  D.  C,  Marches,  1899. 
The  following  act  of  Congress,  approved  December  29,  1897,  and 
the  annexed  regulations  of  the  Paris  Tribunal  of  Arbitration,   con- 
cluded at  Washington,  February  29,  1892,  in  relation  to  the  fur  seals, 
are  published  for  the  information  of  all  concerned  : 

act  of  congress  approved   DECEMBER  29,  1897. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  liepresentatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  no  citizen  of  the  United 
States,  nor  person  owing  duty  of  obedience  to  the  laws  or  the  treaties 
of  the  United  States,  nor  any  person  belonging  to  or  on  board  of  a  ves- 
sel of  the  United  States,  shall  kill,  capture,  or  hunt,  at  any  time  or  in 
any  manner  whatever,  any  fur  seal  in  the  waters  of  the  Pacific  Ocean 
north  of  the  thirty  fifth  degree  of  north  latitude  and  including  Bering 
Sea  and  the  Sea  of  Okhotsk. 

Section  2.  That.no  citizen  of  the  United  States,  nor  person  above 
described  in  section  one,  shall  equip,  use,  or  employ,  or  furnish  aid  in 
equipping,  using  or  employing,  or  furnish  supplies  to  any  vessel  used 
or  employed,  or  to  be  used  or  employed  in  carrying  on  or  taking  part 
in  said  killing,  capturing,  or  hunting  of  fur  seals  iii  said  waters,  nor 
shall  any  vessel  of  the  United  States  be  so  used  or  employed. 

Sec.  3.  That  every  person  guilty  of  a  violation  of  the  provisions  of 
this  Act,  or  of  any  regulations  made  thereunder,  shall,  for  each  offense, 
be  fined  not  less  than  two  hundred  dollars  or  more  than  two  thousand 
dollars,  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  six  months,  or  both ;  and  every 
vessel,  its  tackle,  apparel,  furniture,  and  cargo,  at  any  time  used  or 
employed  in  violation  of  this  Act,  or  of  the  regulations  made  there- 
under, shall  be  forfeited  to  the  United  States. 

Sec.  4.  That  if  any  vessel  of  the  United  States  shall  be  found  within 
the  water*  to  which  this  Act  applies,  having  on  board  fur  seal  skins, 
or  bodies  of  seals,  or  apparatus  or  implements  suitable  for  killing  or 
taking  seals,  it  shall  be  presumed  that  such  vessel  was  used  or  employed 
in  the  killing  of  said  seals,  or  that  said  apparatus  or  implements  were 
used  in  violation  of  this  Act  until  the  contrary  is  proved  to  the  sjitis- 
faction  of  the  court. 

Sec.  5.  That  any  violation  of  this  Act  or  of  the  regulations  there- 
under may  be  prosecuted  either  in  the  district  court  of  Alaska  or  in 
any  district  court  of  the  United  States  in  California,  Oregon,  or 
Washington. 

Sec.  (>.  That  this  Act  shall  not  interfere  with  the  privHeges  accorded 
to  Indians  dwelling  on  the  coast  orf  the  United  States  under  section  six 
of  the  act  of  April  sixth,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-four,  but  the 
limitations  prescribed  in  said  Act  shall  remain  in  full  force. 

Sec.  7.  That  this  Act  shall  not  affect  in  any  way  the  killing  or  taking 


224654 


4 

of  fur  seals  upon  the  Pribilof  Islands,  or  the  laws  of  the  United  States 
relating  thereto. 

Sec,  8.  That  any  officer  of  the  Naval  or  Revenue  Cutter  Service  of 
the  United  States,  and  any  other  officers  duly  designated  by  the  Presi- 
dent, may  search  any  vessel  of  the  United  States  in  port  or  on  the  high 
seas  suspected  of  having  violated  or  of  having  an  intention  to  violate 
the  provisions  of  this  Act,  and  may  seize  such  vessel  and  the  offending 
officers  and  crew  and  bring  them  into  the  most  accessible  port  of  the 
States  and  Territory  mentioned  in  section  five  of  this  Act  for  trial. 

Sec.  9.  That  the  importation  into  the  United  States  by  any  person 
whatsoever  of  fur-seal  skins  taken  in  the  waters  mentioned  in  this  Act, 
whether  raw,  dressed,  dyed,  or  manufactured,  is  hereby  prohibited, 
and  all  such  articles  imported  after  this  Act  shall  take  effect  shall  not 
be  permitted  to  be  exported,  but  shall  be  seized  and  destroyed  by  the 
proper  officers  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  10.  That  the  President  shall  have  power  to  make  all  necessary 
regulations  to  carry  this  Act  into  effect. 

Approved,  December  29,  1897. 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  Act  of  Congress  it  is  unlawful 
for  any  citizen  of  the  United  States  or  any  vessel  thereof  to  engage  in 
pelagic  sealing  at  any  time  or  in  any  manner,  in  the  waters  of  the  Pacific 
Ocean  north  of  the  thirty-fifth  degree  of  north  latitude,  in  the  Bering 
Sea,  and  the  Sea  of  Okhotsk,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  vessels  of  the 
Revenue  Cutter  Service  of  the  United  States  to  seize  any  United  States 
vessel  found  violating  this  law,  whether  during  the  open  or  closed  season 
prescribed  in  the  regulations  of  the  Paris  Arbitration  Tribunal,  and  to 
send  or  bring  such  vessel,  its  officers  and  crew  into  the  most  accessible 
port  of  the  United  States  for  trial. 

EEGULATIONS  OF  THE  PARIS  TRIBUNAL  OF  ARBITRATION. 


(Decreed  the  15tli  day  of  August,  1893.) 

Whereas  the  following  articles  of  the  award  of  the  Tribunal  of  Arbi- 
tration constituted  under  the  treaty  concluded  at  Washington  the 
twenty- ninth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety  two,  between 
the  United  States  of  America  and  Her  Mjyesty  the  Queen  of  the  United 
Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  were  delivered  to  the  agents  of 
the  respective  governments  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  August,  eighteen 
hundred  and  ninety-three : 

Article  1. 

The  governments  of  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  shall  forbid 
their  citizens  and  subjects,  respectively,  to  kih,  capture,  or  pursue  at 
any  time,  and  in  any  manner  whatever,  the  animals  commonly  called 
fur  seals,  within  a  zone  of  sixty  miles  around  the  Pribilof  Islands, 
inclusive  of  the  territorial  waters. 

The  miles  mentioned  in  the  preceding  paragraph  are  geographical 
miles,  of  sixty  to  a  degree  of  latitude. 


*1 


Article  2. 

The  two  governments  shall  forbid  their  citizens  and  subjects, 
respectively,  to  kill,  capture  or  pursue,  in  any  manner  whatever, 
during  the  season  extending,  each  year,  from  the  first  of  May  to  the 
thirty-first  of  July,  both  inclusive,  the  fur  seals  on  the  high  sea,  in  the 
part  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  inclusive  of  the  Bering  Sea,  which  is  situated 
to  the  north  of  the  thirty-fifth  degree  of  north  latitude,  and  eastward  of 
the  one  hundred  and  eightieth  degree  of  longitude  from  Greenwich  till 
it  strikes  the  water  boundary  described  in  article  one  of  the  treaty  of 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-seven  between  the  United  States  and 
Eussia,  and  following  that  line  up  to  Berings  Straits. 

r       Article  3. 

During  the  period  of  time  and  in  the  waters  in  which  the  fur-seal 
fishing  is  allowed,  only  sailing  vessels  shall  be  permitted  to  carry  on 
or  take  part  in  fur-seal  fishing  operations.  They  will,  however,  be  at 
liberty  to  avail  themselves  of  the  use  of  such  canoes  or  undecked  boats, 
propelled  by  paddles,  oars,  or  sails,  as  are  in  common  use  as  fishing 
boats. 

Article  4. 

Each  sailing  vessel  authorized  to  fish  for  fur  seals  must  be  provided 
with  a  special  license  issued  for  that  purpose  by  its  Government,  and 
shall  be  required  to  carry  a  distinguishing  fiag  to  be  prescribed  by  its 
Government. 

Article  5. 

The  masters  of  the  vessels  engaged  in  fur-seal  fishing  shall  enter 
accurately  in  their  ofticial  log  book  the  date  and  place  of  each  fur-seal 
fishing  operation,  and  also  the  number  and  sex  of  the  seals  captured 
upon  each.day.  These  entries  shall  be  communicated  by  each  of  the 
two  governments  to  the  other  at  the  end  of  the  fishing  season. 

Article  6. 

The  use  of  nets,  firearms,  and  explosives  shall  be  forbidden  in  the 
fur-seal  fishing.  This  restriction  shall  not  apply  to  shotguns  when 
such  fishing  takes  place  outside  of  Bering  Sea  during  the  season  when 
it  may  be  lawfully  carried  on. 

Article  7. 

The  two  governments  shall  take  measures  to  control  the  fitness  of 
the  men  authorized  to  engage  in  fur-seal  fishing  ;   these  men  shall  have 


6 

been  proved  fit  to  handle  with  sufl&cient  skill  the  weapons  by  means  of 
which  this  fishing  may  be  carried  on. 

Article  8. 

The  regulations  contained  in  the  preceding  articles  shall  not  apply 
to  Indians  dwelling  on  the  coast  of  the  territory  of  the  United  States 
or  of  Great  Britain,  and  carrying  on  fur-seal  fishing  in  canoes  or 
undecked  boats  not  transported  by  or  used  in  connection  with  other 
vessels  and  propelled  wholly  by  paddles,  oars,  or  sails,  and  manned  by 
not  more  than  five  persons  each  in  the  way  hitherto  practiced  by  the 
Indians,  provided  such  Indians  are  not  in  the  employment  of  other 
persons  and  provided  that,  when  so  hunting  in  canoes  or  undecked 
boats,  they  shall  not  hunt  fur  seals  outside  of  territorial  waters  under 
contract  for  the  delivery  of  the  skins  to  any  person. 

This  exemption  shall  not  be  construed  to  aft'ect  the  municipal  law  of 
either  country,  nor  shall  it  extend  to  the  waters  of  Bering  Sea  or  the 
waters  of  the  Aleutian  Passes. 

Nothing  herein  contained  is  intended  to  interfere  with  the  employ- 
ment of  Indians  as  hunters  or  otherwise  in  connection  with  fur-sealing 
vessels  as  heretofore. 

Article  9. 

The  concurrent  regulations  hereby  determined  with  a  view  to  the 
protection  and  preservation  of  the  fur  seals,  shall  remain  in  force  until 
they  have  been,  in  whole  or  in  part,  abolished  or  modified  by  common 
agreement  between  the  governments  of  the  United  States  and  of  Great 
Britain. 

The  said  concurrent  regulations  shall  be  submitted  every  five  years 
to  a  new  examination,  so  as  to  enable  both  interested  governments  to 
consider  whether,  in  the  light  of  past  experience,  there  is  occasion  for 
any  modification  thereof. 


The  above  regulations  of  the  Paris  Tribunal  of  Arbitration  are  still 
in  force  as  applicable  to  British  vessels.  The  closed  season  for  pelagic 
sealing  is  therein  fixed  from  the  first  of  May  to  the  thirty-first  of  July, 
both  inclusive,  during  which  period  it  is  unlawful  for  British  vessels 
to  kill,  capture,  or  pursue  the  fur  seals  on  the  high  seas  in  the  Pacific 
Ocean  north  of  the  thirty-fifth  degree  of  north  latitude,  or  eastward  of 
the  one  hundred  and  eightieth  degree  of  longitude.  Under  said  regu- 
lations British  vessels  are  permitted  to  engage  in  pelagic  sealing  after 
the  thirty-first  of  July,  but  in  the  performance  of  said  sealing  they  are 
forbidden  to  enter  a  zone  within  sixty  miles  around  the  Pribilof  Islands. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  vessels  of  the  Revenue  Cutter  Service  detailed  to 
patrol  the  waters  above  described,  to  seize  any  British  vessel  found 
violating  the  said  regulations  of  the  Paris  Arbitration  Tribunal,  and 


send  or  bring  the  vessel  so  offending,  with  all  persons  on  board, 
together  with  the  proofs  and  declarations  of  the  officer  making  the 
seizure,  to  Unalaska,  and  deliver  her  to  the  senior  British  naval  officer 
present,  or  to  the  most  convenient  port  in  British  Columbia,  and  there 
deliver  her  to  the  proper  authorities  of  Great  Britain,  or  to  the  com- 
manding officer  of  any  British  vessel  charged  with  the  enforcement  of 
said  regulations. 

L.  J.  GAGE, 
Approved  :  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

William  McKinley. 


